284 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



defined ; the apical abscissa of the radius has only a slight slope. 

 There is a short broad deep furrow on the base of mesonotum in the 

 centre. 2 • Length 5 mm. 



Kuching, September (Mr. John Hewitt). 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW PLUME-MOTH FROM 



CEYLON. 



By T. Bainbrigge Fletcher, R.N., F.E.S. 



Alucita melanopoda, sp. now 

 Male, 28 mm. Head, antennae, palpi, thorax, and abdomen pure 

 glistening white. First and second pairs of legs white above, with a 

 few dark scales below on tibia and first joint of tarsus ; posterior legs 

 very long, pure white, tips of spurs black, third and fourth joints of 

 tarsi terminating in a large fan-like tuft of black scales, fifth tarsal 

 joint clothed in black scales. Fore wings cleft from one-quarter ; 

 segments linear ; pure glistening white, sprinkled with very minute 

 black scales ; small clusters of black scales, forming dots, on costa at 

 one-third, one-half, and three-quarters, and on second segment a little 

 beyond middle and at three-quarters. Cilia white, with very pale 

 fuscous patches below first segment before middle, at three-quarters, 

 and irregularly between this latter and apex ; also on inner margin at 

 one-third, one-half, and three-quarters. Hind wings cleft firstly from 

 about one-sixth, secondly from near base ; segments linear ; pure 

 glistening white ; a patch of faint fuscous on costa of first segment at 

 three quarters, and also on inner margin of second segment at three- 

 quarters and at one-half ; on second segment a moderate patch of 

 black scales at one-half, and small black dots at three-quarters and 

 at apex. 



Hab. Ceylon : Madulsima, November, 1906 (W. Vaughan) ; 

 Kandy, May, 1907 ; Haragam, June, 1907 (E. E. Green). Assam : 

 Khasi Hills (coll. Meyrick). 



H.M.S. ' Sealark,' Ceylon : October 18th, 1907. 



THREE NEW BEES FROM THE ORIENTAL 

 ZOOLOGICAL REGION. 



By P. Cameron. 



Nomia nursei, sp. nov. 



Black ; the scape yellow, the flagellum brownish beneath ; the 



legs bright yellow ; the coxae, trochanters and base of the femora, 



black ; the face and clypeus covered with pale golden pubescence ; the 



apices of the basal five segments of the abdomen banded with depressed 



